I hope your Mardi Gras was as wild as mine!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Crazy From Cabin Fever
Since it's so cold around here, we have to constantly try to find ways to keep entertained without going outside. Here are a few of them:
1. Elmo. Like every little kid, Zola seems to have a thing for the ticklish red monster with the weird voice. She loves her polka-dotted Elmo dress, and it's good for 15-20 demonstrations per day of where Elmo is and where the dots are.
2. When Zola wants to get away, she retires to her "Fortress of Solitude" in the front room. Here, she's saying hello to any unsuspecting passers-by. The Fortress is also quite handy for puppet shows.
3. Zola loves to color. We like to think it's because her namesake, Jana's Aunt Zola, is an accomplished artist. Or, it might just be because coloring is pretty fun.
3b. Unfortunately, sometimes Zola likes to color on the walls. Genius Jana saw this coming and insisted we use washable crayons. Genius.
Zola didn't seem to realize that coloring on the walls is a bad idea. On the bright side, though, she didn't get angry when we so cavalierly washed away her artwork. In all, the crisis ended well.
4. Crazy glasses always crack me up too.
5. Zola is now a pet owner. Since Zola doesn't know many words or how to name things, we decided to go ahead and name her fish. His name is "New World Bistro," or "Beast" for short. We think it's a nice homage to a local restaurant which most locals think we used as inspiration for Zola's name. At least it's a really nice, fancy restaurant.
6. Like we did all summer and fall, we still play "ball," but now we have to play indoors (lame).
7. Zola loves puzzles. This one is pretty tricky. Even I have trouble telling the oval from the circle. But I've watched Zola do it now about 2,382 times, so I think I have the hang of it.
[In deference to you, the viewer, the following video has been edited for length.]
8. We eat. Sometimes Zola insists on having silverware in her hand just like her parents do, but she hasn't quite figured out what it's for. I think it might be a show of baby-bravado, as if to say, "I don't even need this fork, but I can hold it while I eat just the same." Babies are such show-offs.
This video might be a little more boring than the others, but there's some backstory to both parts (it's been spliced). The first section shows Zola's first encounter eating cold cereal with milk, in a bowl, holding (but not using) a spoon. The second part I filmed last week out of sheer amazement as she polished off four (that's right, four) scrambled eggs all by herself. She literally ate both her own and Jana's breakfast.
9. And Sometimes we even do a little cooking.
Our Cabin Fever is getting pretty bad. I hope we can hold out until Spring.
1. Elmo. Like every little kid, Zola seems to have a thing for the ticklish red monster with the weird voice. She loves her polka-dotted Elmo dress, and it's good for 15-20 demonstrations per day of where Elmo is and where the dots are.
2. When Zola wants to get away, she retires to her "Fortress of Solitude" in the front room. Here, she's saying hello to any unsuspecting passers-by. The Fortress is also quite handy for puppet shows.
3. Zola loves to color. We like to think it's because her namesake, Jana's Aunt Zola, is an accomplished artist. Or, it might just be because coloring is pretty fun.
3b. Unfortunately, sometimes Zola likes to color on the walls. Genius Jana saw this coming and insisted we use washable crayons. Genius.
Zola didn't seem to realize that coloring on the walls is a bad idea. On the bright side, though, she didn't get angry when we so cavalierly washed away her artwork. In all, the crisis ended well.
4. Crazy glasses always crack me up too.
5. Zola is now a pet owner. Since Zola doesn't know many words or how to name things, we decided to go ahead and name her fish. His name is "New World Bistro," or "Beast" for short. We think it's a nice homage to a local restaurant which most locals think we used as inspiration for Zola's name. At least it's a really nice, fancy restaurant.
6. Like we did all summer and fall, we still play "ball," but now we have to play indoors (lame).
7. Zola loves puzzles. This one is pretty tricky. Even I have trouble telling the oval from the circle. But I've watched Zola do it now about 2,382 times, so I think I have the hang of it.
[In deference to you, the viewer, the following video has been edited for length.]
8. We eat. Sometimes Zola insists on having silverware in her hand just like her parents do, but she hasn't quite figured out what it's for. I think it might be a show of baby-bravado, as if to say, "I don't even need this fork, but I can hold it while I eat just the same." Babies are such show-offs.
This video might be a little more boring than the others, but there's some backstory to both parts (it's been spliced). The first section shows Zola's first encounter eating cold cereal with milk, in a bowl, holding (but not using) a spoon. The second part I filmed last week out of sheer amazement as she polished off four (that's right, four) scrambled eggs all by herself. She literally ate both her own and Jana's breakfast.
9. And Sometimes we even do a little cooking.
Our Cabin Fever is getting pretty bad. I hope we can hold out until Spring.
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